Nevada Code § 618.378

Employer required to report certain accidents and motor vehicle crashes occurring in the course of employment; investigation of accident or crash by Division; insurer to report claimed or reported injuries and diseases; compliance with federal recordkeeping and reporting requirements; variances to those requirements
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1. Any accident or motor vehicle crash
occurring in the course of employment which is fatal to one or more employees
must be reported by the employer orally to the nearest office of the Division
within 8 hours after the time that the accident or crash is reported to any
agent or employee of the employer.
2. Any accident or motor vehicle crash
occurring in the course of employment which results in the inpatient
hospitalization of one or more employees, the amputation of a part of an
employees body or an employees loss of an eye must be reported by the
employer orally to the nearest office of the Division within 24 hours after the
time that the accident or crash is reported to any agent or employee of the
employer.
3. A report submitted to the Division
pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 or 2 must include:
(a) The name of the employer;
(b) The location and time of the accident or
crash;
(c) The number of employees who were hospitalized
as inpatients or who suffered fatalities, amputations or loss of an eye as a
result of the accident or crash;
(d) The names of the employees who were
hospitalized as inpatients or who suffered fatalities, amputations or loss of
an eye as a result of the accident or crash;
(e) A brief description of the accident or crash;
and
(f) The name of a person who may be contacted by
the Division for further information.
Upon receipt
of such a report, the Division shall notify the employer of the estimated time
that the Divisions investigator will arrive at the site of the accident or
crash. The Division shall initiate an investigation at the site of the accident
or crash within 8 hours after receiving the report.
4. An industrial insurer shall provide to
the Division a monthly report setting forth the number, type and severity of
industrial injuries and occupational diseases reported or claimed by employees
in the preceding month. The report must identify the employer and be sorted
according to the employers Standard Industrial Classification or
classification for the purposes of industrial insurance. The Division shall by
regulation prescribe the form for the report made pursuant to this subsection.
As used in this subsection, industrial insurer has the meaning ascribed to the
term insurer in NRS 616A.270 .
5. All employers shall maintain accurate
records and make reports to the United States Assistant Secretary of Labor in
the same manner and to the same extent as if this chapter were not in effect.
6. The Division shall make such reasonable
reports to the Assistant Secretary of Labor in such form and containing such
information as the Assistant Secretary of Labor may from time to time require.
7. Requests for variances to federal
recordkeeping and reporting regulations must be submitted to and obtained from
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor. All
variances granted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics must be respected by the Division.

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